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Archana Hebbar

Archana Hebbar is the creator behind Hebbar’s Kitchen, sharing vegetarian Indian recipes through short cooking videos and step-by-step photo guides.

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Overview

From: Udupi, Karnataka, India
Work: Recipe creator and founder of Hebbar’s Kitchen
Earlier career: Software testing
Creative partner: Husband and co-runner Sudarshan Hebbar
Breakout: Short vegetarian cooking videos, including a viral rava dosa recipe

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How it started.

After moving to Australia following her marriage, Archana hoped to continue working in software testing. While looking for work, she and Sudarshan began sharing simple recipes online. In her 2019 SheThePeople interview, she recalled taking the entrepreneurial plunge in 2016 after the response to their short Facebook videos.

Finding the format.

BuzzFeed’s Tasty inspired the couple to try short cooking videos for Indian vegetarian food. Outlook Business describes a viral rava dosa video as the turning point that encouraged them to invest in equipment and post regularly. The camera stayed close to the cooking, a format fans could follow without a spoken narration.

Food you can follow.

Archana pairs short videos with written methods, step photos and notes. Her own author page says the aim is to use simple, easily available ingredients. The recipes range from Udupi favourites to curries, street food and sweets.

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Interviews

2020The UNSETTLING Podcast, episode 42Guest with Sudarshan Hebbar, discussing the story of Hebbar’s Kitchen

Digital food publishing

2016Hebbar’s KitchenFounder and recipe creator; runs the project with Sudarshan Hebbar

Quotes

Cooking is an art rather than a task.Archana Hebbar, MumsAndStories, June 7, 2016

Advice about helping children enjoy learning to cook. Source: https://www.mumsandstories.com/2016/06/07/archana-from-hebbars-kitchen/

Trivia

Archana has a twin brother. In her MumsAndStories interview, she remembered attending the same school and class with matching bags in different colours.
She told SheThePeople that her early filming setup was an iPhone attached to a selfie stick.
In her 2016 MumsAndStories interview, she said she called her mother, grandmother and mother-in-law for tips on Udupi recipes.